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I'm Jared Ford.

Growing up, I was always a creative kid and one of my outlets was writing. For whatever reason, I quit writing around age 19. Fast forward to August 21st, 2017 — my 26th birthday— I'm witnessing a total solar eclipse, deep into Oregon. The experience changed me. Inspired, I vowed to stop hiding from my passion and dove back in. This website is the result.

I don't want to be caged in, type-cast or defined into a set genre, so I wont. Expect to see me writing  across a wide spectrum of topics: Travel, Short Fiction, Poetry, Philosophy, Space, History, Digital Journalism, and more. My imagination is my most powerful tool and I will follow it wherever it goes, which is many a strange, far-off place. So strap in readers and hold on tight, because I have no idea where this train is going!




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